Long-term readers would remember I mentored a group of 17 creative writers in 2016 for The Write Road. I am doing the same again this year, with the added benefit of being able to mentor one of my sons. While Noah has always had a great imagination, and enjoyed writing, I was still surprised when he said he wanted to take part. When I was his … [Read more...]
What writers need
The creative writing project I've been involved with over the past four months, The Write Road, drew to a close last week. I can't tell you how proud I felt as I watched the 17 grade 5 and 6 students I had mentored during these months pore over the pages of the anthology their work was published in, along with the work of 30 others … [Read more...]
Rise and Fall
Writing for pleasure is something I don't often indulge in, but when I do it always makes my heart sing. For the past few weeks I've been mentoring a group of 16 young writers participating in The Write Road program. In their first week they were presented with this photographic writing prompt entitled "Daybreak", and then asked to write … [Read more...]